Hydroid, Inc., a Pocasset-based, world-leading manufacturer of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) announced that Dan Conti has joined the Company as a Field Technician. Conti brings 4 years’ experience performing scheduled and unscheduled maintenance on over 70 avionic systems on the Navy’s P-3C
Royal Navy frigate HMS Northumberland has intercepted two high speed drug smuggling skiffs in the Gulf of Oman, carrying an estimated £5.4m of cannabis resin. Having identified two suspicious high speed skiffs during a routine patrol, the Plymouth-based frigate embarked on a 30 mile pursuit and inte
USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) Carrier Strike Group (IKE CSG) arrived in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility (AOR) March 15. The mission of the IKE CSG is to promote maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the AOR. Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 8 is comprised o
HMS Dragon sailed from Portsmouth on Tuesday (March 19) on her maiden deployment, spending seven months on operations in the Middle East where she will build on the UK’s long term commitment to allies and regional partners[ in the world’s maritime centre of gravity. The Type 45 destroyer will police
Tetra Tech, Inc. announced yesterday that it has been awarded a $100 million remedial action contract by the Naval Facilities Engineering Command’s Atlantic Division. Through this 5-year indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract, Tetra Tech will provide environmental remediation services prim
HRH The Duke of York visits Portsmouth Naval Base on Thursday (March 21) to open a new education and resettlement centre for sailors, their families and civilians. The Duke will unveil a plaque at the Waterfront Education and Resettlement Centre and speak to servicemen and women already benefiting f
On 15 March, the German Autonomous Vessel Protection Detachment (AVPD), deployed with the EU Naval Force (EU NAVFOR) Somalia Operation Atalanta, transferred the responsibility for the protection of the World Food Programme (WFP) ship MV Caroline Scan to an AVPD from Finland. The German AVPD returns
The Coast Guard Weapons, Communications, Electronics and Information System Service (CGWCEISS) celebrated its 11th Anniversary on 12 March 2013 at its Headquarters, with Philippine Coast Guard Commandant, RADM Rodolfo D Isorena PCG as the keynote speaker. The momentous occasion was highlighted by th
Colonel Kim Yi Kon, the Defense Attaché of Korea to the Philippines visited on Friday March 15, 2013 the Headquarters Philippine Navy (HPN) and had a meeting with the Navy Chief, Vice Admiral Jose Luis M Alano. Colonel Kim was accompanied by Mr Yoon Soon Bong and Mr Lee Se Ho, both from the Daewoo [
The U.S. Coast Guard, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, other state and local agencies, along with Chevron Shipping and numerous pollution response and salvage companies and organizations participated in a major drill in Astoria, Thursday, designed to prepare personnel for a coordinated re
Babcock has been awarded a four year contract by the UK MoD for the manufacture, supply, repair and provision of technical services for maritime constructive engineering equipment for all Royal Navy ships and submarines. Under the £11m+ contract Babcock will supply a core project management service
The amphibious dock landing ship USS Carter Hall (LSD 50) conducted a burial-at-sea for eight former military members March 18. Military funerals at sea are a long tradition conducted in honor of the deceased’s dedication and faithful service to our country. “Today, we bury the dead,” said Cmdr. Gre
Royal Naval Reserves from HMS Flying Fox and Bristol’s University Royal Navy Unit HMS Dasher have recently conducted combined sea training in the Bristol Channel. Lieutenant Ian Woodward RNR, a commissioned officer in Bristol’s Royal Naval Reserve Unit, HMS Flying Fox, has spent some time on board H
USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) wrapped up more than a year’s worth of maintenance and overhaul Monday and headed back to her traditional homeport of San Diego. In January 2012, Reagan executed an administrative homeport change to Bremerton, Wash., where it underwent multiple preservation and system upgr
